Chris Zupko

Biography

Chris Zupko is in his first season as director of on-campus recruiting and business manager and his sixth season overall with the Pack. He spent his first four seasons at NC State as assistant director of basketball operations and was the director of operations during the 2024-25 season. Zupko came to NC State from Drexel where he spent four seasons as coordinator of basketball operations. Prior to joining Drexel's staff, Zupko worked for the Hoop Group in Neptune, N.J. since 2006 where he spent nine years as the director of Hoop Group Skills Camp as well as a year as the assistant director of Hoop Group Elite Basketball Camp. In this position, Zupko helped grow the camp to 1975 campers with notable alumni including Karl Anthony-Towns, Kyrie Irving and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Before he moved to the Hoop Group, Zupko spent six seasons as an assistant basketball coach at Hargrave Military Academy, including four seasons as an assistant for Kevin Keatts. He was a member of the Hargrave staff when the team won the national championship in 2004. There helped send 58 players to Division I, while six would go on to play in the NBA, including Joe Alexander, the No. 8 pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. Zupko also helped to produce two McDonald's All-Americans. At Hargrave, Zupko also served as the head coach of the varsity lacrosse team. Zupko began his coaching career in basketball in 1995 at Roanoke College in Virginia following the completion of his bachelor's degree. He also holds a mast